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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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(5) Where a guest occupies a bedroom after 10 a.m. on any day but vacates the bedroom before 7 p.m. on that day, he may be charged half the amount prescribed in subclause (2) hereof as the daily charge for a bedroom if he vacates the room before 2.30 p.m. on that day, and three-quarters of the amount so prescribed if he vacates the room before 7 p.m. on that day. A bedroom occupied at any time after 7 p.m. on one day and before 10 a.m. on the following day may be charged for at full daily rate so prescribed.

(6) Where tea, cocoa, or coffee is served with any meal or immediately after any meal, no additional charge shall be made therefor, and no additional charge shall be made for early morning tea, morning tea, afternoon tea, or supper.

(7) For the purposes of this clause the term “dinner” means the chief meal of the day whenever served, and the term “lunch” includes a meal served in the evening if dinner has been served earlier in the day.

(8) The charges authorized by this clause are subject to the modifications in respect of charges for bedrooms indicated in the Schedule to this Order.

ADDITIONAL CHARGES

7. (1) In addition to the charges hereinbefore authorized the charges specified in this clause may be made in accordance with the terms thereof.

(a) Bathroom:

(i) Where a bathroom is provided for the exclusive use of the occupant or occupants of one bedroom or for the exclusive use of the occupants of two bedrooms, a charge not exceeding 5s. per day or part thereof (to be equally apportioned among the persons to whom the bathroom is available) may be made therefor:

(ii) In no other case shall an additional charge be made with respect to a bathroom.

(b) Shower-room:

(i) Where a shower-room is provided for the exclusive use of the occupant or occupants of one bedroom or for the exclusive use of the occupants of two bedrooms, a charge not exceeding 2s. 6d. per day or part thereof (to be equally apportioned among the persons to whom the shower-room is available) may be made therefor:

(ii) In no other case shall an additional charge be made with respect to a shower-room, and in no case may any person be charged for both a bathroom and a shower-room.

(c) Meals Served in Bedroom.—Where any meal, other than early morning tea, is served in a bedroom a charge not exceeding 1s. may be made for each such meal.

(d) One-night Surcharge.—Where a bedroom is occupied for only one night a charge not exceeding 2s. per guest may be made.

(e) One Person in Double Room.—Where at the request of a guest that guest is the sole occupant of a double bedroom the charge for that room may be twice the appropriate charge for a bedroom authorized by subclause (2) of clause 6 hereof.

(2) Except as provided in this Order no charge for any services rendered or accommodation supplied at an hotel shall be made unless the Tribunal has previously approved of the charge or unless an agreement is made between the proprietor of the hotel and the person to be charged for payment of special charges for services additional to those customarily rendered at the hotel.

CHARGES FOR CHILDREN

8. The charges fixed by the foregoing provisions of this Order are fixed with respect to adults and children not less than six years of age. The maximum charges that may be made with respect to children under six years of age shall be half of the charge fixed for adults.

GENERAL

9. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Order, the Tribunal, on application by the proprietor of any hotel in the Town of Rotorua or on its own initiative, may regrade any hotel to a higher or lower grade or may assign a grade to any hotel that has not been graded and, upon the grade of any hotel being altered pursuant to this clause, this Order shall be read and construed as if the name of the hotel were included in the Schedule hereto and the altered grade specified therein in respect of the hotel.

10. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Order and subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit, the Tribunal, on application by any proprietor, may authorize special maximum prices in respect of any services to which this Order applies where special circumstances exist or for any reason extraordinary charges are incurred by the proprietor. Any authority given by the Tribunal under this clause may apply with respect to a particular service or may relate generally to all services to which this Order applies rendered by the proprietor while the approval remains in force.

SCHEDULE

GRADED HOTELS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

List showing location and names of hotels together with grading qualification.

Locality Name of Hotel Grade of Hotel
Rotorua ¹Brents AA.
" Denbies AA.
" ²Waiwera BB.
" Bungalow B.
" ³Chirms B.
" Crowther B.
" Regent B.
" ⁴Armidale CC.
" ⁵Hinemoa CC.
" ⁶Tainui CC.
" Cargen C.
" Clarendon C.
" New Delta C.
" ⁷Park View C.
" St Elmo C.
" Brentwood D.
" Hamilton D.

¹ With an extra charge of 4s. per day per guest for rooms 111, 113, 115, 324, 420, 516. With an extra charge of 3s. per day per guest for room No. 610, when occupied by two guests, an extra charge of 6d. per day per guest when occupied by three guests, with a reduction of 2s. per day per guest when occupied by four guests. With an extra charge of 1s. 6d. per day per guest for room 203. With a reduction of 2s. per day per guest for rooms 1 to 7 inclusive, 9, 19, 21, 22, 24 to 30 inclusive, 34, 36, 42, 44, 301, 304, 307, 309, 315, 406 to 410 inclusive, 412, 413, 416, 501, 504, 506, 508 to 510 inclusive, 512, and cottage 7. With a reduction of 1s. per day per guest for rooms 8, 16, 18, 101, 103 to 105 inclusive, 109, 110, 112, 306, 311 to 314 inclusive, 514, and cottages 3 and 6. With a reduction of 7s. 6d. per day per guest for room 23. With a reduction of 1s. per day per guest for rooms 15, 302, and cottage 5 or if occupied by three people, a reduction of 2s. per day per guest. A maximum tariff of 123s. for super suite 321, inclusive tariff for two guests.

² With a reduction of 1s. per day per guest for rooms A, B, C, 29 to 36 inclusive, D, E, F, G, and H

³ With a reduction of 1s. per day per guest for rooms without hot and cold water.

⁴ With an extra charge of 3s. per day per guest for rooms 1 to 5 inclusive.

⁵ With an extra charge of 1s. per day per guest for rooms with hot and cold water.

⁶ With an extra charge of 1s. per day per guest for rooms with hot and cold water.

⁷ With an extra charge of 3s. 6d. per day per guest for rooms 25, 26, 28, and 29. With an extra charge of 2s. per day per guest for rooms 27, 30, 31, 32, and 33 and sunroom.

Dated at Wellington, this 5th day of May 1954.

The Seal of the Price Tribunal was affixed hereto in the presence of—

D. J. DALGLISH (Judge), President.
G. LAURENCE, Member.

[LS.]

Plant Declared a Noxious Weed in Waikohu County (Notice No. Ag. 5628)

PURSUANT to the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the Director-General of Agriculture, acting under a delegation from the Minister of Agriculture for the purposes of the said Act, hereby publishes the following special order made by the Waikohu County Council on the 26th day of April 1954.

SPECIAL ORDER

THAT, in accordance with section 3 of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, Star Thistle (Centaurea calcitrapa), being a plant included in the First Schedule of the said Act, be declared by way of special order a noxious weed within the whole of the County of Waikohu.

Dated at Wellington, this 3rd day of May 1954.

R. B. TENNENT,
Acting Director-General of Agriculture.

(Ag. 70/10/35)

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan

PURSUANT to the Local Bodies’ Loans Act 1926, the following notice, received by the Minister of Finance from the Mayor, Borough of Papatoetoe, is hereby published.

Dated at Wellington, this 29th day of April 1954.

B. C. ASHWIN, Secretary to the Treasury.

BOROUGH OF PAPATOETOE

Notice of Result of Poll on Proposal to Raise a Loan

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act 1926, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Papatoetoe taken on the 20th day of February 1954 on the proposal of the Papatoetoe Borough Council to borrow the sum of thirty-seven thousand pounds (£37,000) for the purpose of widening, shaping, and sealing streets in the area added to the borough on 1 April 1950:

The number of votes for the proposal was 456
The number of votes recorded against the proposal was 135
I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 23rd day of February 1954.

C. J. MAHON, Mayor.